Monthly Archives: February 2024
Back to basics for the West Midlands Pension Fund
I thought when I saw on ITV News that new pensioners at West Midlands weren’t getting paid was that this was linked to the bankruptcy of Birmingham. I’m sorry but that was what went through my mind and until my … Continue reading
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Truell climbs every mountain- (stream from here)
The hour long webcast of Edi Truell talking from a Swiss train to 40 or so Pension Playmates is not an exciting watch. We do not see the glacial peaks or the vertiginous cliffs that the train passes, we see … Continue reading
The albatross becomes a golden goose
On hearing about investors looking to buy firms with DB surpluses to get some of that surplus @PensionsDave said “oh an albatross becomes a golden goose!” The guy’s a genius. https://t.co/ZNVXvpXl3t — Dave Brooks (@PensionsDave) February 13, 2024 “Should companies … Continue reading
The PLSA , Ground Rents and Harry Scoffin
Something has gone wrong at the PLSA and I shouldn’t be the only person worried about it. Let’s start this story with Harry Scoffin, young and brutally direct – Greta to the ground renters But what is this “industry” that … Continue reading
William and TC play lingo-bingo with “risk transfer”
Gold Standard Endgames Bring Peace of Mind Risk Transfer Industry and the Capture of Language There is so much to admire in the sales and marketing skills of the “Risk Transfer” Industry, whatever one thinks of the products. Slick, … Continue reading
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Tagged buy-out, endgame, Insurace, Risk transfer, TC Jefferson, William McGrath
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Truell on Truell, pensions and the power of capital
This morning I will be talking with Edi Truell on the power of capital to put funded pensions right. The event is at 10.30am and the “coffee morning” lasts an hour. If you are a subscriber to the pension playpen … Continue reading
Keating and Clacher; TPR’s take on the LDI episode
An Analysis of the Pensions Regulator’s Review of impact on DB landscape following (the) LDI Episode A “short” blog from Iain Clacher and Con Keating As TPR’s Report is 58 pages long, we are going to … Continue reading
Thoughts of an under-employed pension strategist
All yesterday I was getting texts about the Sunday Times 5 point pension plan. There is nothing that so excites my friends as someone else’s pension agenda, Here is one response I’ve received to yesterday’s blog in which I praised … Continue reading
Was the 5th quarter of the Superbowl sponsored by Taylor Swift?
Being in my sixties, I tend to wake up about 3am for natural reasons and this happened again this morning. I trudged to the TV room and turned on ITV to see the dying embers of the game, only to … Continue reading
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Why I’ve changed my stance on CDC
Several people have asked me why I have been promoting “guaranteed” pensions with Edi Truell rather than promoting CDC pension (that have no guarantees). There is a simple answer to this and that is that I want to get things … Continue reading